Remember when the internet felt like a giant treasure hunt instead of just… cycling through the same five apps? Yeah, me too. That’s why I started COI (Corners of Internet)—a place where I dig up weird, fun, and happy corners of the web so you don’t have to.

No algorithms. No doomscrolling. Just pure internet exploration.

If it’s cool, underrated, or a little unhinged, it goes on COI.

Check it out: www.cornersofinternet.com

Also, if you’ve got a favorite weird site, drop it below! I’m always looking for new rabbit holes to fall into.

  • x00z@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago
    • The top banner looks quite out of place. Your whole website uses huge full width vertical separation but the top banner is a tiny thing at the top, that looks like it should be sticky. It also uses round borders while your footer uses square borders.
    • The “At your service” could be misunderstood in the current landscape of AI assistents. It might imply some sort of smart interaction.
    • I would suggest you emphasis only 1 or 2 words in your landing title. You need to have 1 single thing stand out when they see that for the very first moment. “Coi” does not mean much. “Tiny Corner” “Internet” could work alright together.
    • This feels awefully out of place: https://framerusercontent.com/images/NEDqhYBfbsBdcBYtqq012PD2C8.gif Maybe it could in the same emphasis as “Coi”, or be placed somewhere else entirely. I was trying to figure out if it meant some sort of word in the sentence.
    • The Buy Me Pizza has been moved to a much better location.
    • The second thing I notice when I visit the page is the “Psssst”. It’s like you already ended the stream of information and switch to something else. You give me an option for a waiting list but I have no idea what I’m waiting for.
    • I would remove the border at the bottom of the top landing part. Either have a smooth background or have it cut into vertical parts like your footer.
    • The “I feel Lucky” is a bit flashy and placed right under the border and above the menu. I think it would be much better if you have it stand out much bigger and with more space around it. It feels like a second class citizen, while it might actually be a fun feature of the website. Small example of what I mean: https://i.imgur.com/ykZyrID.png .
    • The stars effect on the hover of “I feel lucky” is nice, but it shows way too fast compared to the rest of your animation heavy page.
    • The menu for the types of websites could be made bigger. The thing I don’t like about it is that it has a different background that matches the original too much. https://i.imgur.com/FeUxtUT.png
    • Hovering over the cards is the same as the stars. The change is too fast and too harsh
    • The badges underneath the cards (NEW, POPULAR) would be better with different colored backgrounds to easily spot what’s new and what’s popular. A trick is to zoom out and have it still make sense. I would also use green or blue for “New” instead of orange.
    • “Load more” could use a spinner on the button to show that it’s loading something. Always consider your site to be slow on your end-users machines.
    • The footer separation is very nice but might be too huge.
    • There are 5 mentions to contact you in your footer: “Let’s connect”, “let’s talk”, “contact me”, “hit me up”, “submit suggestions”. As I said, keep it simple and draw focus to just one of them. Drop the others. (especially the submit suggestions logo)
    • “I unearth internet gems that make you go 🤯”. You make it very personal but I fail to understand, even when reviewing this in depth, whether this means you, or your website (which has a persona). Try to make this much clearer.
    • Your Blog “Dear Diary” is weird and is like a totally different website. I fail to see what it has to do with your service “find a website from a corner on the internet”. Really try to separate these because it will confuse a lot of people.

    I could do more. It’s up to you. I know a lot about UX and have been a web developer for almost 20 years now.

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        3 hours ago

        No problem. Some of it may be harsh but I’m always trying to help.

        Good luck on your project!!